When a gunman perched atop a cliff’s ledge opened fire on a dozen cars on Kentucky’s Interstate 75, wounding five people, it permeated surrounding communities with fear – and sent one couple into the woods to join the dayslong manhunt for the assailant.

Kentucky authorities said a body discovered Wednesday is presumed to be Joseph A. Couch, the prime suspect in the I-75 shooting on Sept. 7.

Officials are working to confirm the identity. It was not clear if the discovery was related to the shooting this month that led to an intense manhunt.